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A

Sheila Andreatta-Van Leyen

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Experimental Approaches For Enhancing Wound Healing and Inhibiting Tumor Growth
Program Cell
Graduation 05/94
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

David Auerbach

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title The Autonomic Changes in Heart Failure and its impact upon arrhythmias
Program Physiology Masters
Graduation 12/04
Known Position Research Assistant
Institution / Location Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

B

Nicole Baitz

Advisor Andrea Romani
Thesis Title The Effects of Magnesium Accumulation on Glucose Uptake and Utilization
Program Physiology Masters
Graduation 08/05
Known Position Private Industry Performing electrophysiology experiments
Institution / Location ChanTest, Akron, OH

Eric Banks

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of the Human Involucrin Promoter bv AP1 AND Sp1 Transcription Factors
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position
Institution / Location Merck, Sharp & Dohme

Linda Barrett-Stull

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Alterations in excitation-contractions coupling during autoimmune myocarditis in mice
Program Systems
Graduation 01/01
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Laboratory of Dr. Eduardo Marban

Reza Beigi

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Measuring cellular ATP release: Autocrine purinergic signaling and the cell curface microvenvironment
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/01
Known Position Science Department Chairman
Institution / Location Laurel School, Shaker Heights, Ohio

Carol Bertrand

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulated Mucin Secretion: Dumped or Controlled Release?
Program Biophysics
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location, Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh

Manjunatha Bhat

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Structure-Function Studies on Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
Program Cell
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Assistant Staff
Institution / Location The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Center for Anthesthesiology Research, Cleveland, Ohio

Steve Bibevski

Advisor Mark Dunlap
Thesis Title Abnormal ganglionic transmission in cardiac parasympathetic efferent neurons in heart failure
Program Systems
Graduation 06/00
Known Position 3rd Year Resident
Institution / Location Dept. of Surgery, UH, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine

Brandon Biesiadecki

Advisor Jian-Ping Jin
Thesis Title Alternatively Spliced Troponin T Isoforms in Myocardial Function and Disease
Program Systems
Graduation 11/02
Known Position Post Doc Associate
Institution / Location Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. R. John Solaro, University of Illinois at Chicago

Darin Brown

Advisor Frank Söennichsen
Thesis Title Thermostability and Conformational Dynamics of Type III Antifreeze Protein
Program Cell Masters
Graduation 12/04
Known Position Pre-Doc, Chemistry
Institution / Location University of Colorado

C

Jian Chang

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title The Inactivation of T-Type CA2+ Channels
Program Cell Masters
Graduation 07/04
Known Position Graduate Student, Math Dept.
Institution / Location CWRU

Chee Keong Choo

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 And E7 Oncogene Expression
Program Cell
Graduation 08/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Hong Kong

Kiattawee Choowongkoman

Advisor Frank Söennichsen
Thesis Title Structure and Interaction of the Juxtomembrane Domain of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 06/05
Known Position Professor
Institution / Location Agricultural Univ., Bangkok, Thailand

Grace Chu

Advisor Masao Ikeda-Saito
Thesis Title Structure and function of HmuO, an essential enzyme for iron acquisition in gram-positive pathogen Corynbateriaum diptheriae
Program Biophysics
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Research
Institution / Location Bioanalytical Solutions and Products, Thermo Finnigan, San Jose, California

Eric Churchill

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Regulation of Mitochondrial Function by δPKC During Cardiac Ischemia/reperfusion
Program Cell
Graduation 08/05
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Stanford University

Colleen Clancy

Advisor Yoram Rudy
Thesis Title Computational models of congenital abnormalities in ion channels: Linking defects to abnormal cellular function
Program Systems
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
Institution / Location Institute of Computational Biomedicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Erin Clifford

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Expression of P2 Purinergic Receptor Subtypes and Ectonucleotidases During the Differentiation of Myeloid Leukocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Pediatric Fellow
Institution / Location Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital

James Conway

Advisor Michael Kinter
Thesis Title Systems Biology Analysis of Macrophage Foam Cells: Finding a Novel Functionfor Peroxiredoxin I
Program Biophysics
Graduation 08/06
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Cancer Biology, Dr. Graham Casey, Cleveland Clinic

Ralph Christian Crumrine

Advisor Joseph LaManna
Thesis Title Protein kinase C activity, metabolic and hemodynamic changes in cerebral ischemia in the adult rat
Program Cell
Graduation 08/90
Known Position Senior Research Pharmacologist
Institution / Location Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Andrea Cserey

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Novel eletrochemical sensing schemes for cost effective diagnostics and on-line monitoring of nitric oxide
Program Biophysics
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location

Lech Czerski

Advisor Charles Sanders
Thesis Title Nuclear magnetic resonance and chemical modification studies of the struture of diacylgylcerol kinase
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Research Fellow
Institution / Location Albert Einstein College of Medicine

D

Pranav Dalal

Advisor Frank Sönnichsen
Thesis Title Computational modeling of antifreeze protein-ice interactions
Program Biophysics
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Dr. Jeffrey D. Madura's Lab

Anna Dang

Advisor Richard Eckert, George Dubyak
Thesis Title G protein Regulation of Transcription in Vascular Endothelial Cells
Program Cell Masters
Graduation 09/04
Known Position Research Technologists
Institution / Location Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic

Shervin Dashti

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title MEK6 and MEK7 regulate human onvolverin gene expression via a p38 MAP kinase-dependent mechanism
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location University Hospital of Cleveland, Cleveland Ohio, Department of Neurosurgery

Mary Beth De Young

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Cytosolic Calcium Regulation By ATP Receptors On Erlich Ascites Tumor Cells and Cardiac Ventricular Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 05/97
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Rice University, Dept. of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Dr. J. Olson's Lab

Yi Dou

Advisor Masao Ikeda-Saito
Thesis Title Protein Engineering Cell Reveals the Roles of Specific Amino Acid Residues in Heme Pocket in Governing Structure, Functions and stability of Myoglobin
Program Cell
Graduation 05/97
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Rice University, Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Dr. J.S. Olson's Lab

E

Tatiana Efimova

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of human involucrin gene expression by a P39 MAP kinase cascade and novel PKC isoforms
Program Cell
Graduation 11/99
Known Position Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dermatology
Institution / Location Washington Univ., St. Louis

F

Theresa Fagan

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Regulation of Mg2+ Efflux and Accumulation in Liver
Program Cell
Graduation 05/03
Known Position Medical Scientist Liaison
Institution / Location Abbott Laboratory

Tatiana Ruhe Faruqui

Advisor Paul DiCorleto
Thesis Title Endothelial Cell Activation by dsRNA
Program Cell
Graduation 09/97
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location University of California, San Franciso, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Dr. Shawn Coughlin's Lab

G

Bartolomeo Giannattasio

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Characterization of ATP Receptors and Voltage-Dependent Ca2+ Channels in Cardiovascular Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 08/93
Known Position Cardiac Fellow
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

Allison Given

Advisor Frank Brozovich
Thesis Title Regulation of Smooth Muscle Relaxation: The Role of PKGIα and Myosin Phosphatase During Nitric Oxide-Mediated Vasodilation
Program Physiology Masters
Graduation 01/06
Known Position Research Assistant
Institution / Location Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Brozovich Lab

Taquir Goraya

Advisor Ganes Sen, Janice Douglas
Thesis Title Transcriptional Regulation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
Program Cell
Graduation 01/96
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

George Israel Gorodeski

Advisor Richard L. Eckert
Thesis Title Retinoids and Steroid Hormones Regulate differentiation of cultured human ectocervical cells
Program Cell
Graduation 05/90
Known Position Associate Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Reproductive Biology

David Henry Gorsky

Advisor Kenneth Walsh
Thesis Title Homeobox Gene Expression and Regulation in Vascular Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 01/94
Known Position Associate Professor
Institution / Location Surgical Oncology Cancer Inst. of New Jersey

Colleen Grossner (Nardi)

Advisor Marco Cabrera
Thesis Title Efficiency and Energy Economy in Normal Female Adolescents and Young Adults
Program Exercise Masters
Graduation 11/02
Known Position Assistant Professor, Exercise Science
Institution / Location Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Lalitha Gudipaty

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Role of Extracellular Ions in the Regulatioin of P2X7 Nucleotide Receptor and its Downstream Effectors
Program Cell
Graduation 05/03
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Medical School

H

Salim Hayek

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Molecular dissection of a calcium regulatory domain on the ryanodine receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 09/00
Known Position Project Scientist
Institution / Location Cleveland Clinic, Department of Anesthesiology, Div. of Pain Management

Michael Hobert

Advisor Cathy Carlin
Thesis Title The Identification and Characterization of Polar Sorting Determinants in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Dept. of Pathology, University of Chicago

Guosheng Huang

Advisor Richard Eckert
Thesis Title A Novel p38-ERK MARK Complex in Keratinocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 12/04
Known Position
Institution / Location

Benjamin Humphreys

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Regulated expression and Signaling of the Macrophage Px7 Nucleotide Receptor
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Kenneth Humphries

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Free radical mechanism of mitochondrial dysfunction
Program Cell
Graduation 10/99
Known Position Assitant Scientist
Institution / Location Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK

John Hwa

Advisor Robert Graham
Thesis Title The Structure-Function Relationship of α1-Adrenergic Receptors: Identification of Critical Residues for Agonist Binding and Constitutive Activity
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Assoc. Professor
Institution / Location Dept. Phamacology & Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School

Daw-Yang Huang

Advisor F. Ismail-Beigi
Thesis Title Regulation of Glucose Transport Isoform I
Program Systems
Graduation 06/02
Known Position Client Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Taiwan

I

J

Leila Jacobs

Advisor Mark Kester
Thesis Title Role of Spingolipids in Regulation of Vascual Smooth Muscle-derived A7R5 Cell Proliferation
Program Cell
Graduation 08/93
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine

Song Jae (Kil)

Advisor Cathleen Carlin
Thesis Title Identification and characterizaion of a lysosomal sorting determinant in the juxtamembrane domain of the human epidermal growth factor recepter
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Sr. Res. Associate
Institution / Location Physiology and Biophysics, CWRU, Dr. Carlin Lab

Ge Jin

Advisor Philip Howe
Thesis Title The role of AP-1 in transforming growth factor Beta (TGFBeta)–inducible clustering gene expression
Program Cell
Graduation 07/99
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Wenwe Jin

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulation of Na and C1 transport in proximal tubule cells
Program Biophysics
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Resident, Urology
Institution / Location Baylor College of Medicine

Eric Jones

Advisor Witold Surewicz
Thesis Title The prior protein fragment PrP23-144 as a minimal in vitro model of prior-based inheritance.
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/06
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Stanford University

Sheldon Joseph

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Regulation of Extracellular ATP Accumulation and Metabolism in Mammalian Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 08/04
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Cancer Genetics, Dr. John Cowell, Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, Buffalo, NY

K

Paul Kammimier

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title
Program
Graduation
Known Position
Institution / Location

Peter Karagiannis

Advisor Frank Brozovich
Thesis Title Smooth Muscle Myosin Loop 1 Isoforms: Does Heavier Make Faster?
Program Biophysics
Graduation 10/03
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Nanotechnology, Osaka University, Japan

Donald Keenan

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Regulation of Plasma Mg2+
Program M.D./Ph.D.
Graduation 01/98
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen Klemic

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Activation and Inactivation Properties of Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/98
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Yale University, Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, Dr. Sigworth's Lab

David D. Kline

Advisor Nanduri Prabhakar
Thesis Title The role of nitric oxide in the modulation of breathing during hypoxia; studies in transgenic mice
Program Systems
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Biomedical Sciences, Univ. of Missouri - Columbia, MO

Michael Kolman

Advisor Tom Egelhoff
Thesis Title Molecular and Cellular Studies on Dictyostelium Myosin Heavy Chain Kinase A
Program Cell
Graduation 08/97
Known Position Patent Attorney
Institution / Location Biological Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Coolie Godward Law Firm, Palo Atlo, California

David Kusner

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Regulation of Phospholipase D Activity in U937 Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 08/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Iowa, Department of Medicine

Linda Kusner

Advisor Susan Mohr
Thesis Title Role of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Diabetes-Induced Apoptosis of Retinal Muller Cells
Program Systems
Graduation 02/04
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Neurology, UH

L

Ossama Lashin

Advisor Andrea Romani
Thesis Title Functional Modification of Cardiac Mitochondria in Type-I Diabetes
Program Systems
Graduation 07/04
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Medical School

Hongwen Lu

Advisor Miklos Gratzi
Thesis Title Development and testing of novel microchemical techniques for cancer drug resistance and neurotransmitter release studies for cell populations and single cells
Program Biophysics
Graduation 07/99
Known Position Graduate Student, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Christie Luca-Cefaratti

Advisor Antonio Scarpa
Thesis Title Localization and operation of distinct magnesium transporters in hepatocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 03/00
Known Position Instructor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Physiology & Biophysics

David Lucas

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Cardiac reperfusion injury: Aging, lipid perosidation and mitochondrial dysfunction
Program Systems
Graduation 05/99
Known Position Research Scientist
Institution / Location Watson Pharmaceuticals, Boulders, CO

Kathleen Lundberg

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Cardiac Repurfusion Induced Apoptosis: Modulcation of Pro-Apoptotic Factors by Mitochondria
Program Physiology
Graduation 01/05
Known Position Research Assistant
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. Physiology & Biophysics, Dr. George Dubyak's Lab

M

Theodore N. Marks

Advisor Stephen Jones
Thesis Title Calcium Currents in the A7r5 Smooth Muscle-Derived Cell Line
Program MSTP/Cell
Graduation 08/90
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location George Washington University, St. Louis, Department of Anesthesiology

Kathleen Martin

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title I. Transcription Factor Interactions at CArG DNA Regulatory Elements, II. P2-Nucleotide Receptor Expression in Myeloid Differentiation
Program Cell
Graduation 01/97
Known Position Post doc
Institution / Location Harvard Medical School–Children's Hospital

Bradley McConnell

Advisor Meredith Bond
Thesis Title Beta-adrenergic Response in Cardiac Hypertrophy
Program Cell
Graduation 10/97
Known Position Scientist – Cardiology
Institution / Location Lexicon Genetics Inc. The Woodlands, Texas

Eric Morgan

Advisor William Stanley
Thesis Title The Cardiac Fatty Acid Metabolic Pathway in Heart Failure
Program Systems
Graduation
Known Position Med Student
Institution / Location Toledo Medical School

Michael Murphy

Advisor Tom Egelhoff
Thesis Title Dictyostelium protein phosphatese 2A: Evidence for roles in myosin II regulation and centrosomal function
Program Cell
Graduation 08/99
Known Position Staff Scientist
Institution / Location Technology Development, Biacore, Inc., Baltimore, MD

N

Joanna K. Nagy

Advisor Charles Sanders
Thesis Title A study of the structure, folding and assembly of diaclflycerol kinase, an integral membrane protein
Program Cell
Graduation 09/01
Known Position Product Application Specialist
Institution / Location Anatrace, Inc., Maumee, OH

Jennifer Nalepka

Advisor Edward Greenfield
Thesis Title The Role of Adherent Endotoxin on Attachment, Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblasts on Titanium Alloy Surfaces
Program Physiology Masters
Graduation 04/05
Known Position Research Assistant
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. Genetics

Ashley E. (Jorett) Nardi

Advisor John Kirwan
Thesis Title The Effects of Exercise and Diet on Adiponectin Multimer Ratio in Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Program Exercise Masters
Graduation 08/05
Known Position Physical Therapy Student
Institution / Location Drexell Univ., College of Nursing & Health Professions Programs in Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences

Amy Nulton-Person

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Modulation of Mitochondual Function by H2O2 Induced Glulathionylation
Program Cell
Graduation 06/03
Known Position Research Associate
Institution / Location Physiology & Biophysics, CWRU, Dr. Andrea Romani Lab

Louise Nuttle

Advisor George Dubyak
Thesis Title Leukocyte P2 Purinergic receptors: Expression and characterization in Xenopus Oocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 05/94
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Mississippi, Department of Pharmacology

O

Ozgur Ogut

Advisor Jian-Ping Jin
Thesis Title The functional significance of troponin T isoform regulation
Program Cell
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Lisa Oleska (Middleton)

Advisor Robert Harvey
Thesis Title Modulation of beta-Adrenergically activated Chloride current in Guinea pig Ventricular myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Post Doc Fellow
Institution / Location Cell Biology, Dr Donna Driscoll, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey L. Overholt

Advisor Robert Harvey
Thesis Title On the Mechanism of Rectification of CFTR chloride current in ventricular myoctes and epithelial cells
Program Cell
Graduation 01/95
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Anatomy & Physiology, University of North Carolina, Winston-Salem

Kirill Oxenoid

Advisor Chuck Sanders
Thesis Title Applying Solution NMR to Membrane Proteins: Structural Studies of Diacylglycerol Kinase
Program Biophysics
Graduation 12/02
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University

P

Ashish Panchal

Advisor William Stanley
Thesis Title Pyruvate Carboxylation in the Heart
Program Systems
Graduation 06/01
Known Position Medical Student
Institution / Location Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio

Q

R

Steve Radabaugh

Advisor Corey Smith
Thesis Title Differential Activity-dependent Transmitter Release from Adrenal Chromaffin Cells
Program Cell Masters
Graduation 07/04
Known Position Home Inpector
Institution / Location Columbus, OH

Albert Rhee

Advisor Frank Brozovich
Thesis Title Smooth Muscle Contractile Properties Determined by Sinusoidal Perturbation
Program Cell
Graduation 01/03
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Physiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Maribel Rico-Salas

Advisor John Sedor
Thesis Title Nuclear Translocation of WT1-Interacting Protein in Response to Podocyte Injury
Program Cell
Graduation 03/05
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Kroemer Lab, Instut Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Michelle Riccardi

Advisor John Kirwan
Thesis Title Effects of a 7-day Diet and Exercise Program on Insulin Resistance in Obese Elderly
Program Exercise, Masters
Graduation 01/06
Known Position Sports Nutritionist
Institution / Location Cleveland Clinic

Cristian Ruse

Advisor Meredith Bond
Thesis Title Substrate Phosphorylation of β-Adrenergic Pathway in Failing and Non-Failing Human Hearts: Identification and Quantitation
Program Biophysics
Graduation 09/03
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Scripps Institute

Monica Ruse

Advisor Richard Eckert
Thesis Title S100 Proteins as Calcium Signaling Mediators and Transglutaminase Substrates in Keratinocyte Biology
Program Cell
Graduation 06/03
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Immunology, Scripps Institute

S

Hesham Sadek

Advisor Luke Szweda
Thesis Title Reperfusion-induced Modulation of Cardiac Mitochondrial Function by Free Radicals and Calcium
Program MSTP/Systems
Graduation 05/04
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Medical School

Christopher Sciortino

Advisor Michael Romero
Thesis Title Biophysical characteriztion of the electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransporter (NBC) and the Na+ driven anion exchanger (NDAE1)
Program Biophysics
Graduation 04/01
Known Position Resident
Institution / Location Surgery, John Hopkins University

Joscelyn Seabold

Advisor Edward Greenfield
Thesis Title Aderent endotoxin is an important stimulator of wear-partical induced bone loss in vivo
Program Excercise, Masters
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Research Consultant
Institution / Location Orthopaedic, CASE, Teacher, Lakeland Community College

Jose Serrano

Advisor Steve Jones
Thesis Title Gataing kinetics and permeation of α1GT-type calcium channels
Program Cell
Graduation 12/00
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Oregon Institute of Health Sciences University, Vollum Institute, Laboratory of Dr. Ed McClesky

Naveen Sharma

Advisor William Stanley
Thesis Title Cardiac Carbohydrate Metabolism
Program Exercise Masters
Graduation 09/03
Known Position Pre-Doc
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Dept. Nutrition, Dr. W. Stanley

Jie-Pan Shen

Advisor Calvin Cotton
Thesis Title EGF regulation of sodium channels
Program
Graduation 2002
Known Position Unknown
Institution / Location

Carl Sims

Advisor Robert Harvey
Thesis Title Modulation of Cardiac L-type Calcium Channel Responses to Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation by Tyrosine Kinase and Redox Sensitive Mechanisms
Program Cell
Graduation 05/04
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location University of Pittsburgh

Rajnish Singh

Advisor John Sedor
Thesis Title Interleukin-1 Receptor signal transduction: Indentification of kinases and signaling molecules that associate with the cytosolic domain of the receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 06/99
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Biology & Physiology, S. Polytech State University, Atlanta, GA

Ping-Fai Sit (Sidney)

Advisor Roger Marchant
Thesis Title Surface-dependent structures and functions of fibrinogen studied by atomic force microscopy
Program Biophysics
Graduation 03/01
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Biomedical Engineering, Louisianna Tech University

Beth Summers

Advisor Nanduri Prabhakar
Thesis Title Modulation of Ca2+ current in carotid body glomus cells by physiological stimuli: effects of O2, CO2 and NO
Program Systems
Graduation 11/00
Known Position Resident Pediatrics
Institution / Location University of Indiana

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Frank Thevenod

Advisor Ulrich Hopfer
Thesis Title Regulation of Pancreatic and Parotid Zymogen Granule C1- and K+ conductance Pathways by Cytosolic nucleotides: Phosphorylation-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms
Program Cell
Graduation 01/93
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location University of Sauerland, Homburg, Germany

Jeffrey Tomaszewski

Advisor Marco Cabrera
Thesis Title The Effects of Different Modes of Exercise on Health and Physical Performance Parameters in African American Children
Program Exercise Masters
Graduation 04/05
Known Position
Institution / Location Private Industry

U

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Elias Veizi

Advisor Calvin Cotton
Thesis Title Enhanced ERK1/2 activity a central feature of cystogenesis in ARPKD. Implications for ion transport phenotype
Program Cell
Graduation 11/04
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Center for Anesthesiology Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Christopher K. Vincent

Advisor Kenneth Walsh
Thesis Title Somatic Cell Gene Transfer By Direct Injection Into Adult Heart
Program Cell
Graduation 05/93
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Genetics

Olga Vinogradova

Advisor Chuck Sanders
Thesis Title Exploring the Allowed Space for Solution NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins
Program Biophysics
Graduation 08/98
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut (Storrs)

Prakash C. Viswanathan

Advisor Yoram Rudy
Thesis Title Ion channel heterogeneities in Cardiac Tissue and their arrhythmogenit consequences
Program Biophysics
Graduation 05/99
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Vanderbilt University, Department of Anthesiology

W

Jean Welter

Advisor Richard Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of Human Involucrin Promoter by AP1, POU and ETC Transcription Factors
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biology, Skeletal Res. Ctn.

Brian Wisnoskey

Advisor William Schilling
Thesis Title Role of Ca2+ -permeable cation channels in Ca2+ signaling and necrotic cell death
Program Cell
Graduation 04/04
Known Position Intern
Institution / Location St. Jude Medical Ins.

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Mingsheng Xie

Advisor George R. Dubyak
Thesis Title The Regulation and Cell Functional Significance of Phospholipase D In HL-60 Cells
Program Cell
Graduation 01/92
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location NIH

Y

Xiaofeng Yu

Advisor Corey Smith
Thesis Title Regulation of Fusion Pore Collapse and Post-fusion Exocytosis in Neuroendocrine Cells
Program Physiology Masters
Graduation 05/03
Known Position Res. Assoc.
Institution / Location Boston University

Z

Marie Zafiropulos

Advisor Richard Eckert
Thesis Title Regulation of Keratinocyte Function by the Oct4 and Eed Stem Cell Regulatory Proteins.
Program Cell Masters
Graduation 05/06
Known Position
Institution / Location

Daniel Zakhary

Advisor Meredith Bond
Thesis Title Beta-adrenergic pathway and PKA Targeting in human hearat failure
Program Cell
Graduation 11/99
Known Position Surgery Resident
Institution / Location NYP Hospital-NY Cornell

Brian Zerhusen

Advisor Jianjie Ma
Thesis Title Structure functions studies of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Program Cell
Graduation 10/99
Known Position Attorney
Institution / Location McCarter & English Attorney at Law, Hartford, CT

Pan Zhang

Advisor William Stanley
Thesis Title
Program Cell M.S.
Graduation 08/06
Known Position Graduate Student
Institution / Location Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Jeng-Sheng Zheng

Advisor Antonio Scarpa, Matthew Levy
Thesis Title ATP Receptors & Regulation of the ATP-Induced Ca2+ Mobilization Response In Cardiac Myocytes
Program Cell
Graduation 08/92
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location University of California, San Diego

We Zhou

Advisor Stephen Jones
Thesis Title The Effects of Surface Charge and External pH on Calcium Channel Currents in Bullfrog Sympathetic Neurons
Program Cell
Graduation 05/96
Known Position Post Doc
Institution / Location Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL

Tong Zhu

Advisor Mitsuo Ikebe
Thesis Title Molecular Cloning and Characterization of A Novel Mammalian Myosin I
Program Cell
Graduation 01/96
Known Position Residentt
Institution / Location Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Assem Ziady

Advisor Pamela Davis
Thesis Title Characterization and Optimization of an Exogenous Gene Delivery Strategy via the Serine Protease Inhibitor Enzyme Complex Receptor
Program Cell
Graduation 01/99
Known Position Assistant Professor
Institution / Location Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics